You might be stuck in a “short-term money-making” mindset, slowly ruining the combinability of your life! A lot of people think that as long as they make money, their life choices will expand. But reality often proves the opposite: many people end up narrowing their life paths precisely because they’re “earning too fast, too urgently.” What truly determines your long-term wealth ceiling isn’t a single decision or a specific market trend, but a fundamental variable that’s often overlooked: Your “combinability” with the external world. play long-term games with long-term people; Build a core circle for long-term collaboration + leverage weak ties on the periphery to continuously unlock new maps. Here’s how Teacher Wang Chuan explains this concept: The essence of wealth growth lies in increasing your combinability with the external world; and combinability comes from “open, freely connected relationships that are hard to disrupt by external forces.” If you sacrifice combinability for short-term gains, it will backfire in the long run. The essence of making money is to increase your options and combinability: if there’s a conflict, always prioritize options over money! I think this is a life topic everyone should seriously reflect on, because these underlying codes need to be ingrained deeply to truly grow into a stable, towering tree. Now, ask yourself these three key questions: 1️⃣ What is your combinability? 2️⃣ How can you build a core circle for long-term collaboration? 3️⃣ Are you sacrificing external combinability for short-term gains? Are your current actions amplifying connections or depleting them?